Описание: This book features a detailed introduction to progressive collapse and the use of FE programs such as ABAQUS in modeling. Case studies based on various types of structures such as multi-story buildings, long-span space structures, and bridges demonstrate failure mechanisms and effective mitigation methods in practice.
Описание: When engineering students in Canada are soon to graduate, the solemn "Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer," penned by none other than Rudyard Kipling, charges them with their Obligation to high standards, humility, and ethics. Each budding engineer then receives an Iron Ring to be worn on the small finger of the working hand as a reminder throughout their career.
Through the story of the 1907 Quebec Bridge disaster, in which seventy-six men died, author Dan Levert teaches a powerful object lesson in what can happen when that Obligation is forgotten. Woven from transcripts of the inquiry into the collapse, the report of the commissioners, and other sources including the coroner's inquest, On Cold Iron plays out like a fast-paced thriller. Levert recounts the original 1850s proposals to bridge the St. Lawrence near Quebec City, through the design and construction of what was to be the longest clear span bridge of any kind in the world, to its shocking collapse during construction in August 1907. The missteps, poor policies, hubris, and wrong-headed actions begin to build like a death by a thousand cuts, until its inevitable and horrifying culmination.
The meticulously researched and deftly delivered story of this terrible historical event makes fascinating reading for anyone, but even more, it is a powerful cautionary tale and a clarion call for the obligation and responsibility of an engineer....
Автор: Isobe, Daigoro (university Of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) Название: Progressive collapse analysis of structures ISBN: 0128129751 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128129753 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 19875.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Progressive Collapse Analysis of Structures: Numerical Codes and Modelling provides a variety of numerical analysis tools and methods which allow engineers to simulate structural collapse behavior during all stages of the process. The analysis of the vulnerability of buildings against progressive collapse is a challenging task. The book covers methods such as adaptively shifted integration and ASI-Gauss. Algorithms are supplied to simulate fracture and contact behaviors. The author also supplies simple numerical examples including case studies from the World Trade Center (WTC) towers in New York City, Nuevo Leon buildings in Mexico and the collapse of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building in New Zealand.
Provides algorithms for simulating fracture and contact behaviors of structural members
Covers fire-induced progressive collapse analyses for high-rise towers
Provides codes for simulating seismic pounding phenomena, blast demolition and fire-induced progressive collapse
